mḥ

See also: mh, Mh, MH, mH, and .mh

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛħ/
- Conventional anglicization: meh

Etymology 1

Noun

m

forearm

Inflection

Declension of mḥ (masculine)

singular	mḥ
dual	mḥwj
plural	mḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mḥ

mḥ

Noun

m

a cubit, a measure of length equivalent to 28 ḏbꜥw (“digits”) or 7 šzpw (“palms”) (about 52.5 centimetres).

Inflection

Declension of mḥ (masculine)

singular	mḥ
dual	mḥwj
plural	mḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mḥ

mḥ

Derived terms

mḥ tꜣ

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to hold
(transitive) to understand
(transitive) to capture
(transitive with n) to seize

Inflection

Conjugation of mḥ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: mḥ, geminated stem: mḥḥ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
mḥ	mḥw, mḥ	mḥt	mḥ, j.mḥ	mḥ, j.mḥ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
mḥ	ḥr mḥ	m mḥ	r mḥ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	mḥ.n	mḥw, mḥ	consecutive	mḥ.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	mḥ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	mḥt
perfective³	mḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative	mḥ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	mḥ, j.mḥ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative	mḥ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	mḥ	mḥḥ	potentialis	mḥ.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	mḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	mḥ, j.mḥ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	mḥ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	mḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	mḥ	mḥḥ, mḥḥj⁶, mḥ², mḥw^{2 5}, mḥy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.mḥ¹, mḥ, mḥy, mḥw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.mḥ¹, j.mḥw^{1 5}, mḥ, mḥj⁶, mḥy⁶	mḥ, mḥw⁵
prospective	mḥ, mḥtj⁷	—	mḥtj⁴, mḥt⁴
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Etymology 2

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to fill
1. (with m) to fill with
(transitive) to complete, finish
(transitive) to capture
(transitive) to inlay
(intransitive) to be(come) full
1. (transitive with m or ẖr) to be(come) full of
(auxiliary with r and a verb in the infinitive) to begin doing

Inflection

Conjugation of mḥ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: mḥ, geminated stem: mḥḥ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
mḥ	mḥw, mḥ	mḥt	mḥ, j.mḥ	mḥ, j.mḥ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
mḥ	ḥr mḥ	m mḥ	r mḥ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	mḥ.n	mḥw, mḥ	consecutive	mḥ.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	mḥ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	mḥt
perfective³	mḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative	mḥ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	mḥ, j.mḥ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative	mḥ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	mḥ	mḥḥ	potentialis	mḥ.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	mḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	mḥ, j.mḥ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	mḥ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	mḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	mḥ	mḥḥ, mḥḥj⁶, mḥ², mḥw^{2 5}, mḥy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.mḥ¹, mḥ, mḥy, mḥw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.mḥ¹, j.mḥw^{1 5}, mḥ, mḥj⁶, mḥy⁶	mḥ, mḥw⁵
prospective	mḥ, mḥtj⁷	—	mḥtj⁴, mḥt⁴
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Derived terms

Terms derived from mḥ

mḥ nfr (“justify, explain oneself”)

mḥ rdwj (“hurry”)

Etymology 3

Prefix

Forms ordinal numbers greater than nine (in Late Egyptian, greater than one) from cardinal numbers.

Inflection

Declension of mḥ

masculine

feminine

singular

mḥ

mḥt

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 83

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